MORE DETAILS: Research In Motion Ltd. says it will release its much-delayed BlackBerry 10 smartphones “not too long” after a launch event on Jan. 30.

OPTIMISM: Chief Operating Officer Kristian Tear says RIM wants to be the No. 1 mobile computing platform, despite the dominance of Apple and Android. He admits, “It’s not going to be easy.”

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RELEASE PLANS: A touch-screen-only device is expected to be released first followed shortly after by a version with a physical keyboard. Many people still gravitate to BlackBerrys specifically for their physical keyboards, and RIM hasn’t succeeded in the past with touch-only offerings.